American astronaut Mae Jemison, 1992. (Photo courtesy of NASA) Modern Day Katherine Johnson. You might consider Dr. Mae Jemison. She's a physician, engineer, and astronaut, breaking barriers as the ...

From John Lennon with short hair to a young Christopher Walken on set, here are 50 rarely seen photos from the '60s and '70s.

Born in the 1950s, Jemison would let nothing stop her from becoming one of the most accomplished African American women in history. She was born in Decatur, Ala. but grew up in Chicago, and from a ...

He was a prominent member of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective that nurtured Black photographers at a time when they were ...

Black Space, White Blindness Why white Americans have such a hard time picturing a middle-class black neighborhood. By Henry Grabar. Sept 18, 2018 5:50 AM. Photo illustration by Slate.

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

What makes her work notable is its charm and cheerfulness — and the way those qualities mask the darker realities embedded in ...

Marvel fans are in uproar after the debut of a controversial new storyline that reimagines Black Panther’s legacy—with a shocking twist: his successor appears to be white; (Danai Gurira ...

WASHINGTON — Billionaire Elon Musk stunned the White House press corps Friday by sporting a black eye to an Oval Office event to mark the end of his 130 days in the Trump administration. “I ...

Fannie Mae, the federally backed mortgage behemoth, announced the "Crime Detection Unit," an AI-powered tool created along with Palantir.

A new exhibit at the California Museum in downtown Sacramento captures the images and stories of dozens of former Black ...